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  <dc:contributor>Kevin Butler</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Keith Van Graafeiland</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Sean Breyer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Dawn Wright</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Roger Sayre</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2022</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;A new set of resources is now available that describe global shoreline characteristics. High resolution (30 m), globally comprehensive Coastal Segment Units (CSUs) and Ecological Coastal Units (ECUs) were developed in a collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Esri, and the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON). The data were produced from a segmentation and characterization of a global shoreline vector extracted from year 2014 Landsat imagery. A total of 4 million 1 km shoreline segments were attributed with values from ten variables which describe the ecological settings in which the coastline occurs, including water-side properties, landside properties, and properties of the coastline itself. These data were developed as part of a Group on Earth Observations (GEO) global ecosystem mapping initiative called GEO Ecosystems (GEO ECO). The development of the resource and its intended utility are reviewed herein.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1109/OCEANS47191.2022.9977390</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>IEEE</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Ecological Coastal Units – Standardized global shoreline characteristics</dc:title>
  <dc:type>text</dc:type>
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